Archives|STAPLETON NAMES BARBER A REFEREE; Wielder of Scissors and Razor Appointed to Take Testimony in a Lawsuit. SAYS HE WILL DECLINE Too Busy Clipping Brooklyn Heads and Shaving to Serve as a Judge.

STAPLETON NAMES BARBER A REFEREE; Wielder of Scissors and Razor Appointed to Take Testimony in a Lawsuit. SAYS HE WILL DECLINE Too Busy Clipping Brooklyn Heads and Shaving to Serve as a Judge.

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Supreme Court Justice Luke J. Stapleton of Brooklyn in Special Term last Saturday signed an order appointing Aristide L.B. Carbone referee to take testimony and report his findings to the court in the litigation known as "Rose vs. Towns." There was nothing to attract attention to this announcement in yesterday's Law Journal until it was discovered that Carbone is a barber. View Full Article in Timesmachine »